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  Of course the CIA lies. Deception is part of their charter. Just look at George Joannides in the recent news. The CIA sent him as their liason when Congress finally investigated the JFK assassination. Of course they did not tell Congress that Joannides should be one of the suspects as a person whose team at the CIA had interaction with Oswald prior to the assassination.

  And did the CIA tell Congress up front that they had Afghanistan President Karzai's Opium-connected brother on their payroll for the last 8 years as the NYT is now reporting? Evidently not since they are being grilled on it right now before the Senate. There seems to be a curious pattern here of wherever the CIA goes, the source of the drug trade follows. Curious. Maybe Gary Webb was right. Funny how he committed suicide with two gunshot wounds to the head.

  The CIA, as a bureau formed from a core of Nazis (the Reinhard Gehlen Organization), we can hardly be surprised at the level of wanton and totally protected criminality we've seen from them over the last six decades. JFK was right in saying we need to break them into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the wind. JFK's only fault is that he didn't win.

  The clear lesson in all this is that wherever excessive secrecy exists, excessive criminality follows. Secrecy is the power to avoid prosecution. Such absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  Bob Dobbs Posted October 29, 2009 11:16 PM
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  A classified investigation? Wiretapping the entire country without warrant, off the table? Who thinks that any crime committed by the intelligence agencies will ever be prosecuted? The constant excuse for crimes against humanity like torture and genocide by the Nazis was that they were only following orders. Who thinks that the intelligence agencies would torture, assasinate and lie to Congress about it without the knowledge and direct orders of the chief executive and his henchmen? Prosecuting those top people has already been put off the table and prosecuting anyone in the intelligence agencies has been put off the table as well. The kind of freedom and democracy created by the actions of the intelligence agencies is the kind of freedom and democracy that no one in their right minds wants.

  Alfred Molison Posted October 29, 2009 6:00 PM
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  What action would the commission take if they discover that the Speaker of the House lied about the CIA? I am proud of our intelligence agencies, and the work that they continually do to protect freedom throughout the world. I wish that there were fewer restrictions on them in some circumstances. I trust them more than any member of Congress to tell me the truth, or hide it for national security purposes.

  Doug Dash Posted October 29, 2009 12:03 PM
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  "She (Pelosi) also set off a partisan furor by asserting that the CIA misleads Congress all the time." Can someone please tell me what has gone wrong in this country when it was deemed that this woman was the best qualified to be SOH and third in line to the Presidency? Wow, I'm just in awe of some of the stupidity that comes out of Congress.

  FedEmployee Posted October 29, 2009 8:53 AM